Outside of the leaders instigating it, this stuff only makes sense in the mind of someone who is genuinely convinced Trump won. This is too costly a reaction for anyone just pretending. It takes a peculiar combination of temperament and info environment to produce such conviction
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Trying to read/profile the people in the crowd shots. I’d guess 50% true believers, 40% excuse-to-lash-out, 10% manifest-destiny holy warriors.
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Tell me what you see:
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“Ma’am what happened to you?”
“I got maced.” 


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They were let in by the police because this should be understood as a police protest.
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Unfair elections, corporate bailouts, fake wars, predatory “health care” — all on public dime. Two morons vying for power, zero leadership. Voter disenfranchisement as norm practice for both parties. We are also a major manufacturer/ exporter of coups around the world. Surprise?
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Yes!
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All prominent media outlets are agenda-driven. Major social platforms / internet media behemoths are run by the left. They've been caught censoring, manipulating. Where, then, should the American right go for factual information? This is an underappreciated part of the dilemma.
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These people are found across geographies and classes. Not a localized group but well dispersed in the population. Various threads of grievances braiding together over years.









